Improvement in hoop-locks for cotton



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IMPROVEMENT IN HOOP-L OOKs FOR COTTON-BALES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,288, dated AprillS,186;). f

T0 all whom it ma/y concern:

Be it known that I, E. VICTOR FAssMANN, of New Orleans. in the parish ofOrleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new. and Improved Cotton-Bale Tie or Hoop-Lock; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable Othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a detached side View of my invention; Fig. 2,a section ofthe same, taken in the line w x, Fig. l; Fig. 3,a side view of the samewith the ends of the hoop attached;

Fig. 4 a, section of Fig. 3,taken in the line x w'.

Similar letters `Of reference indicate like parts. i

This invention relates tO a new and improved fastening for securing ironhoops On cotton-bales previous to the removal of the latter from thepress, and which fastenings are commonly termed cotton-bale ties77 orhooplocks.7

The Object of the invention is tO obtain a tie or lock for the purposespecified which may be cheaply manufactured, admit of having the ends ofthe hoops readily applied Or attached to it to secure the hoops On thebales, and which will admit of the hoops being applied to bales varyingin size or dimensions.

A represents a plate, which `may be of castiron and of square form. Thisplate has two slots or Openings, B B, in it rather greater in lengththan the width of the hoop. These slots or Openings have each a slit, a,at one end, said slits extending Out to the edge of the plateAatOpposite sides thereof, as shown in Figs. l and 3. The plate A is castwith two ridges or projections, b b, at each side and at the inner edgeOf each slot Or opening B. The plate A may be about One-eighth (1l-)Ofan inch thick, and

the ridges Or projections b b may extend out from the plateaboutone-eighth.(-) of an inch;

C C represent the two ends of a hoop, one j end, C, being fitted in oneof `the slots B and; 1 j

bent around so as to be?- securely fastenedin it, as shown at c in Fig.4. The Other.end,i0,` of the hoop is straight, andrwhen `the bale isunder compression the straight end is insertf ed in the other slot B andpressed through, so;` that the hoop maybe snugly adjusted to the 1p 3When the bale is released from 'pressz` f ure, the ridges or projectionsb b sink into the end C of the hoop and firmly hold the same,

bale.

the elasticity Of the cotton being sufficient to effect this end. Theslits a facilitate the` in- .l d

sertion Of the ends C C ofthe hoop inthe plate A; The `ridges or`projections b b are i. cast on both sides of the l.plate A,- so thateither side of the same maybe placed against the bale, and thereforeobviate much handling j or manipulation which would otherwise `Occur ifthe ridges were only on one side.` The: ,hoops also ,may be adj usted tobales of differi ent sizes, which isa great advantage, as the bales willalways varymaterially in size, and I great trouble and embarrassment areexperienced with those ties or `locks whichare used a new and improvedcottonbale tie or hoopl loclg, as set forth.

Vitnesses: I

JOSEPH P. vHOENEE, il SPENCER G. HAMILTON.

E. vIOTOEEAssMANN. l l

